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The Material World

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Scientists often look to nature fortheir inspiration. Now computer and artificial life experts are using natural selection to design a new wave of robots that evolve - like living organisms-to produce the machine best suited to the task at hand.
Quentin Cooper talks to two leading scientists who are creating smarter robots using genetic principles.
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Quentin Cooper's webwatch: page 42

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Presenter:
Quentin Cooper
Producer:
John Watkins
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